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2020 regular meeting of the haywood

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county board of commissioners

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and our first order business will be our

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pledge and after that i'm going to ask

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for a moment of silence uh pastor josh

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couldn't be here tonight

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and uh and i'll ask for a moment of

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silence if y'all would remember our

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country during that time so if we just

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please stand for the pledge

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god

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thank you

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okay next our next order of businesses

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are our public hearings and we have none

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tonight

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and the next is our public comment

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session and is there is there anyone

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here that would like to address

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the board at this time

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okay seeing no one i'll i'll close that

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portion of our

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meeting kevin i just want to make sure

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the front door is unlocked right

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i mean people could come in okay all

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right thank you

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okay yeah i just didn't know i knew we

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had it locked

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yeah it's rare we don't have public

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comment but

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it's cold cold day yeah i wasn't saying

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that it's a joke i was never really

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asking

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seriously

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our next order of business is

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constituent concerns and

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does anyone have any constituent

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concerns they want to speak to

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anything call me the only thing i might

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make mention of is we had the north carolina association of

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county commissioners legislative goals

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conference last week

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and i do want to report that on general

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government our number one legislative

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goal as

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county commissioners all across the

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state was

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i'll read it seek legislation funding

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other efforts to expand digital

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infrastructure and broadband capability

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to the unserved and underserved areas

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and residents of the state and i did

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submit that goal

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a few months ago and apparently there

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were several others but that was our

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number one goal

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to uh to have our association lobby the

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legislature to

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try to go ahead and secure more funding

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for areas like haywood county that

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have some huge obstacles for uh uh

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broadband uh abilities so

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hopefully we can go somewhere there were

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pushing a little bit on that and

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hopefully we can uh with the latest tier

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designation that we got i think we'll be

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in a little more favorable position so we're still trying

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keep trying yeah that's great that's

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okay you got anything brand new yeah

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okay i guess just to add to that i think

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we know one legislator used to sit right

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so hopefully we can make some phone

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calls to him and see if he can push for

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that as well but

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i do i did have a couple i got with mr

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one of the ones i may have guaran

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address uh when he gives us an update

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but i got a call about

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the vaccinations and if if we couldn't

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put out some kind of a list

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so they would know where they're at on

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that list so i'll have garen address

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that if he don't mind when he comes up

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and gives us an update and any other uh

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concern i have we've already addressed

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okay thank you man you have anything

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kirk i don't have anything

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different anything the only thing i've

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heard was about the vaccinations and i

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think garen's going to weigh in on that

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in a little bit

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and so we'll hear about that then

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okay okay all right

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and i don't really have anything so

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our next order of business is

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administrative agency reports and

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and we have our uh health director garen

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bratis here tonight to talk about that the coven 19 update

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and welcome garen appreciate you coming

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out tonight

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vaccine update all right okay

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so today we finished up our

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original allotment of 600 doses of

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moderna that we received

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we had a small clinic there at the

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health department i think now we do have

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about 20 doses left over from today from

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some no-shows and things like that

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so going forward today we

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accepted a transfer from haywood

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regional medical

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of 1675 doses of pfizer

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our plan is to try to move through that

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literally in the next two days

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so we're going to plan a drive-through

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clinic tomorrow at the fairgrounds for

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the first 675

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and then we'll have a larger clinic the

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following day to try to move through

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a thousand um that being said there was

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um one of the comments that may have

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come up

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is kind of through the list of what

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we've now taken our list we're looking

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at our 75 and older and we're truly

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going down the list from the date stamps

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of when people

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registered so that we're getting to

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those who registered first

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and then work our way back so hopefully

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those that have been waiting the longest

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will be able to get the notification to

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show up to these two clinics

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one of the other things that has come up

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with the state

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is north carolina's fell behind

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compared to some of the other states and

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the amount of vaccine that we've

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distributed

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so we are expecting another shipment of

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moderna this week

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possibly tomorrow the plan is going to

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be

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from going forward with the state is to

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have seven days

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wednesday will be your first day ended

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up on tuesday that means

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whatever we're allocated they're asking

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us to try to

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push it out in one week and have it all

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into cvms

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so that we are not hit on our second

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shipment this is how they're going to

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monitor

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how much the counties are doing so we

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are going to receive

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900 first doses this week and we will

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have to plan

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now that we've taken this from the

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hospital through literally

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friday through tuesday in some way

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so we're going to start with trying to

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figure into our system

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3000 of those were over 75 so hopefully

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this will get us through a large part of

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that older group

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in a quick amount of time and then we'll

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move into our next phases which will be

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the 65 to 75.

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some of those have received some vaccine

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and have been worked into what we're

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but we are specifically targeting that

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75 and older

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that has been on the list the longest to

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try to get them through

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i've taken a lot of phone calls and i

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who we need to get to and we don't want

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to do this in some sort of randomized

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lottery type thing we want to truly go

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in order of how people registered um

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that being said if you've got any i know

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you had some concerns uh

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go ahead and just one that i might get

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you to touch on karen

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i know that the question it was asked to

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me is why we couldn't put out a list

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and i understand that we don't find out

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from the state

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until hours before we're actually

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getting that so do you mind to explain

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that a little bit

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uh hopefully with some of the meetings

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that have occurred today that i was on

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with the state they are going to give us

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a little better notice

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of how much vaccine and when to expect

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it so that we can plan ahead

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that was one of the big things that was

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discussed is

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not knowing how much we're going to get

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in the shipment and exactly when the

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shipments can arrive so they are

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planning on trying to

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come up with a very consistent way of

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doing this

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how much vaccine like i said we receive

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depends on how much we administer in a

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seven day time period

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each week as far as our list are you

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referring to people being on the list

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and when they could expect it

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yeah the question was you know it was an

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elderly couple they said hey we would

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where we're at on that list if it's

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going to be weeks out if it's going to

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be this week

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if we knew where we were at then we

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could plan accordingly and the other

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question was

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you know hey can we come as a couple and

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i think we're encouraging that as well

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uh yes we are accepting anyone that

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comes as a couple so that uh to make it

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easier on people to be able to move and

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come to these clinics so that's not

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that's something we've already been

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and yes we are gonna we are planning

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having a meeting uh

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friday of this week and one of the

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things we want to discuss is moving

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through the phases and what we're

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looking at is timelines

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and be able to track that with how how

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we've registered

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i've uh had some calls from the schools

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when are you going to get to our

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employees and things like that and so

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we're starting to develop those plans

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looking just a few weeks ahead

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of possibly sending out school nurses

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and teams and saying all right we're

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going to hit this school this school

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on these days and and operate in those

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fashions and then look at other

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essential businesses and how we reach

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out to those businesses and give them a

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heads up

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your time is coming in the next two

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weeks or i think it's going to require

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some weekly press releases

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to kind of keep people informed of how

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we move through these phases and what

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can expect

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how about our employees who deal with

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the public where do they fall on the

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gotten quite a few of them done uh we

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have worked with some of the social

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workers that go into

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in-home visits and got them vaccinated

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so a lot of those

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front-line workers we've got now one

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thing we do have to get caught up on

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is our law enforcement we

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originally had set tried to get them

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earlier on but when the state

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changed some of the criteria and they

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actually moved them to a date of the

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20th of this month to start

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we will be working them through one of

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the things we run into with anything

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with a vaccine is

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within your vials you'll have extra

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doses or at the end of the day we have

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some doses left over

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we've compiled lists of law enforcement

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and others that we can call and say can

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you be

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at this clinic in 30 minutes we've got

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10 15 extra doses and we need to give

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them out so

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it's easier than trying to reach out to

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the public when we have lists provided

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of county employees and such as law

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enforcement that we can call and say hey

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can you be here within half an hour so

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well i would just encourage if there are

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extras that if we could get the county

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employees that actually meet with the

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public

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and even in this building and and other

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buildings that may actually engage with

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the public

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so we could keep our offices open here

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they might feel a little more

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comfortable about serving the public

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here

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absolutely yeah we and we have taken we

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have lists of

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facilities and maintenance we have we

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have a multiple list throughout the

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county government that we can call on

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and say hey

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can you either be at the health

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department or at the fairgrounds yes

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okay thank you garen i was on a

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conference call last week with the

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governor and the speaker of the house

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tim moore and

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both of them said across the state there

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had been counties

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that had actually wasted vaccine they

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had maybe thought out

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700 doses and only 680 people showed up

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or 650

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and they've stressed to us to

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you know communicate to y'all to have a

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standby list

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maybe if you've got 700 people scheduled

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to come

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and only you know 650 show up well

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you've got 50 doses there and

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it may kind of go along with what

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commercial kirkpatrick

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noted there but do you have a standby

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list somebody maybe can get there within

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30 minutes or

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we do what what do you do you do have

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that okay we do we do have a standby

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list

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and like at our last drive-through

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clinic one of the things we did is we followed what we had remaining of

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moderna we can hold it for 30 days after

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thought in refrigeration

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so as we would go through the clinic and

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we saw

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more and more coming in we could run

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back pull it from our refrigerator

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have vials there ready to go and then at

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the end of the day we had

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20 some 30 some pre-loaded shots ready

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to go

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and that's when we called on law

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enforcement from

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different agencies and what not to come

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up so that no vaccine was wasted

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good yeah we don't want to waste any

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stuff

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it is a little bit of kind of working

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through the clinic

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literally i kind of walk in lines

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between the cars and count people

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in the cars and call back towards the

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end of the day and say okay how are we

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looking things like this and kind of

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give an update

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so that we don't want to we try not to

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schedule more people obviously than what

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we have in vaccine but we always want to

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make sure that we've got enough there

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i'd rather us have to call a waiting

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list at the end of the day and

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bring people in then definitely we've

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not wasted any

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right good so

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first of all let me say that i was on my

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first group conference call with

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other commissioners from other counties

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and they were in

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all of what we were able to do and

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i don't know what you're hearing from

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your side

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but you know this is the first rollout

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that i've ever been a part of it even in

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a removed level

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and of all the people that reached out

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to me last week

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no one had anything negative to say

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and i think that's really to be

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congratulated for great leadership

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and boots on the ground because this is

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a it's a huge

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undertaking to have a drive-through and

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these other commissioners were saying

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they didn't have

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the manpower they didn't have the

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vaccines they didn't have a location

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where they could do it because you know

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we have a great facility at the

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fairgrounds and

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so that's what i really wanted to say to

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you is that and to all the people that

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are participating

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whether you're pro-vaccine or against

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the vaccine

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to see all of our county agencies

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working together

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collectively and you know 10 or 15

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people go to the effort to say

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it was everybody was in a good mood and

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it ran very smoothly

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and how much they appreciate it i just

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want to say thank you for that because

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that could have been a real

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interesting um orientation for a new

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commissioner for it not to run smoothly

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so i appreciate that very much

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well i appreciate it thank you um it

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will be evolving and changing because we

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will

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now that we've started with the

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drive-through clinics as we enter into

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second nose and now that we're working

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with two different vaccines

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there will be that planning and

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coordinating of the second dose and

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we'll have to

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do large we'll have to do large

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drive-through type situations to be able

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to administer those doses but

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the good thing about that is is all the

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paperwork which is the hardest part of

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this will be done

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because those people will receive the

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first vaccine so literally it's just

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getting them through making sure they

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know the date and the place to be

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and then just giving them the second

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dose garen i appreciate it i think you

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all have set the bar high

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on how to do this and i and i've i agree

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with jennifer i've heard the same thing

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of you know other communities trying to

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figure out how to do it and the best way

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to do it and

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i feel like we're on the cutting edge of

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the way you should do it

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and i really appreciate the volunteers

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and all the agencies that have come

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together

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and and to focus on just getting it kind

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of getting it done if you will

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so i appreciate that um and

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congratulations on that i know

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you know it took a lot it takes a lot of

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planning to set up what y'all have done

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and everything

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i was just wondering on the moderna uh

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when

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uh how many shots do you did you get of

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that or do you want to say and when will

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you be administering that

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well with moderna that's what we've

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originally the health departments have

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been receiving

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so we up to this point we had received

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1600

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initial doses another nine is expected

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to arrive tomorrow

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and we have in our freezer 900

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second doses just for second dose okay

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so that's

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currently where we see it so we finished

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up the 1600

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minus 20 today we have 900 more coming

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tomorrow

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and then we have 900 for our second dose

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already are ready

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okay and then when you when you go get

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it to health department how long does it

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take to thaw

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you just leave it outside if i was out

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in a certain number of minutes or is

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there

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i was just curious what no uh you can

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thaw it

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inside a refrigerator and it's supposed

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to thaw in two and a half hours we found

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out at the drive-through clinic it takes

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about four

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in a refrigerator but you can thought at

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room temperature

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and you can do it in an hour oh okay

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now there again tomorrow and thursday

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we'll be working with pfizer which is a

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little bit trickier

501
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yeah that's the ultra low cold and it

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has to be mixed but

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the hospital since we've taken this from

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the hospital in this transfer

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they are going to provide their

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pharmacist there they're going to

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maintain the vaccine be watching it over

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for us they're even going to be doing

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some of the loading of the syringes

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for us because it is a little bit more

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delicate and since they've

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had this for weeks now they're used to

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it and so they're

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the hospitals really going to come in

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and give us a big helping hand

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of getting through the next two days

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okay well that's another great

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partnership that we have then with the

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hospital with them coming on board and

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doing that

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and this and this just really shows how

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hard it is for you to do what you've got

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to do

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you've got to get it there and thaw it

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out it's got to be ready when people

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drive up

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so you've got to have enough and get

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enough thought without thawing too much

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to where

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you you don't want to waste it and then

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you know you've got to get it

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administered and everything and then

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they've got to come back

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three you know two to three weeks or

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four weeks later and get that other dose and so it's i can see

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the logistic nightmare and y'all are

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really handling it well i think

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gary the the biggest hurdle in it for us

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and public health has worked really well

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and

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our ems has been great to partner with

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and and carrying a heavy load with this

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and helping us plan this

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the paperwork in the end because

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everything has to go into that cvms

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uh tool for the state until we have it

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entered there we could put the shark

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the shots in people's arms all day the

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state doesn't see it

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they don't see it until it's in that

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system so that's that's the hardest part

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of the process

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right there well people need to realize

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is after they get the shot you guys are

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doing a ton of paperwork on just

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every person that comes through there

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and i mean it's just a

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one person you know there's no telling

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how much time you spend

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per person doing you know i mean if you

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added it all up per person and

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everything to see how

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you know how how enormous the the effort

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is and how successful

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you all been at it so it's great what

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y'all are doing

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see dr david's arrived so i'll turn it

568
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over to him

569
00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,640
welcome dr jamin hello everybody

570
00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,000
um it's a pleasure to be in front of a

571
00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,640
quiet crowd so i know you guys

572
00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:54,400
appreciate that

573
00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,039
so the good news uh is that haywood

574
00:19:57,039 --> 00:19:59,120
county currently as of today

575
00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:01,280
out of 100 counties in north carolina

576
00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,360
were the 75th lowest

577
00:20:03,360 --> 00:20:06,400
in terms of rate of new cases the bad

578
00:20:06,400 --> 00:20:08,559
news is that all 100 counties are in the

579
00:20:08,559 --> 00:20:10,080
red

580
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,400
and every in although we're down we're

581
00:20:12,400 --> 00:20:14,159
still quite high

582
00:20:14,159 --> 00:20:15,840
well more than the spike that we had in

583
00:20:15,840 --> 00:20:17,840
july and august

584
00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:21,200
as of today 2940 cases

585
00:20:21,200 --> 00:20:24,240
so far in the pandemic and if you look

586
00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:25,919
back to august 10th

587
00:20:25,919 --> 00:20:27,919
which was really the end of that summer

588
00:20:27,919 --> 00:20:30,320
spike we've had a 400 percent

589
00:20:30,320 --> 00:20:32,720
increase in the number of cases at that

590
00:20:32,720 --> 00:20:34,159
time we were averaging about two to

591
00:20:34,159 --> 00:20:36,080
three new cases per day

592
00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:39,120
uh we got up as high as 50 or 60.

593
00:20:39,120 --> 00:20:42,480
we're now around 37 38.

594
00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,799
the first 1100 cases by the end of

595
00:20:44,799 --> 00:20:45,919
november

596
00:20:45,919 --> 00:20:48,960
the next 1100 by the end of december and

597
00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,600
we've roughly added about 600 to 700

598
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,240
this month already but the rate does

599
00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:56,240
seem to be slowing and i think we all

600
00:20:56,240 --> 00:20:57,600
anticipated

601
00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,880
10 to 14 days after an event or a

602
00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:02,799
holiday is when we would begin to see

603
00:21:02,799 --> 00:21:04,400
the peak

604
00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:06,400
so that certainly matches up with

605
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:07,679
christmas new year's

606
00:21:07,679 --> 00:21:10,640
so that's all good stuff the hospital

607
00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,080
got quite stretched

608
00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:15,039
a week or so ago it's come down just a

609
00:21:15,039 --> 00:21:16,880
little bit as well so that's all all

610
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,960
good news

611
00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:21,120
i would also indicate that the first

612
00:21:21,120 --> 00:21:22,400
half of the month

613
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,280
the long-term care facilities had out of

614
00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:28,960
roughly 550 cases they had 47 so about

615
00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:30,799
eight to nine percent of the cases so

616
00:21:30,799 --> 00:21:32,480
most of it's in the community

617
00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:33,840
and in fact in the past week they've

618
00:21:33,840 --> 00:21:35,840
only been seven new cases in the

619
00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:41,909
long-term care facilities so again that peak as well

620
00:21:41,919 --> 00:21:44,480
a little bit of a disappointing note

621
00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:45,200
there are now

622
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,799
we've been tracking for the last little

623
00:21:46,799 --> 00:21:48,480
bit the number of people who aren't

624
00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:50,720
answering our calls aren't willing to

625
00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,360
cooperate with health department

626
00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,039
and there are currently 48 of those

627
00:21:55,039 --> 00:21:56,720
folks around

628
00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:58,320
we hope that they've taken it upon

629
00:21:58,320 --> 00:21:59,919
themselves to isolate

630
00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:01,520
and we hope that they've taken it upon

631
00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:04,559
themselves to notify close contacts but

632
00:22:04,559 --> 00:22:08,000
we don't know there have been about

633
00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:11,120
130 or 140 of these folks

634
00:22:11,120 --> 00:22:12,880
so far most of them over the last couple

635
00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:16,070
of months

636
00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:18,480
i know that garen filled you guys in on

637
00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:19,919
vaccinations but just a couple of

638
00:22:19,919 --> 00:22:21,679
comments there

639
00:22:21,679 --> 00:22:24,159
we are tracking uh from the time that

640
00:22:24,159 --> 00:22:25,440
vaccinations started

641
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,919
in terms of the case counts i don't

642
00:22:27,919 --> 00:22:29,679
expect that we'll see much change in

643
00:22:29,679 --> 00:22:32,559
that for at least several months still

644
00:22:32,559 --> 00:22:34,240
you know once a person gets their first

645
00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:36,080
shot it takes about

646
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,640
six weeks through the second shot and

647
00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,000
then two weeks after the second

648
00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:41,600
shot before they've reached maximum

649
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,200
immunity after the first shot

650
00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,640
the thought is with the pfizer in the

651
00:22:46,640 --> 00:22:48,640
modern vaccines that you get about 50

652
00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:49,520
percent

653
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:51,520
of what you're going to get but we've

654
00:22:51,520 --> 00:22:53,280
already had cases of people who've got

655
00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:54,720
their first shot

656
00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:56,240
and lo and behold before their second

657
00:22:56,240 --> 00:22:59,440
shot they get sick and test positive

658
00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,320
so we know that it's still possible and

659
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:04,159
we know that even after a person gets

660
00:23:04,159 --> 00:23:05,919
their maximum immunity for the second

661
00:23:05,919 --> 00:23:06,880
shot

662
00:23:06,880 --> 00:23:09,440
again at 95 percent effectiveness that

663
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:11,280
still five percent

664
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:13,919
will get sick so it's still possible and

665
00:23:13,919 --> 00:23:14,480
i think

666
00:23:14,480 --> 00:23:17,039
uh although people are we're really

667
00:23:17,039 --> 00:23:18,799
pleased that people are as interested in

668
00:23:18,799 --> 00:23:21,360
being vaccinated as they seem to be

669
00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:23,840
i think it would be a mistake to think

670
00:23:23,840 --> 00:23:25,840
that that's the end-all and be-all

671
00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:27,200
and again if we think in terms of the

672
00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:29,600
swiss cheese analogy

673
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,760
that vaccine is a really important slice

674
00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:33,280
but it's not

675
00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,520
going to do it all on its own and that's

676
00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:36,559
the other reason that it's really

677
00:23:36,559 --> 00:23:37,520
important that

678
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:40,320
we keep get our case counts down because

679
00:23:40,320 --> 00:23:42,000
the lower the case counts are

680
00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:50,000
the more effective the vaccine will be

681
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:51,600
think we've had maybe gary touched on

682
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,120
this i'm sorry if i'm repeating but

683
00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:54,960
i think probably somewhere between 3 000

684
00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,640
and 3 500 people have now been

685
00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:59,909
vaccinated in the county

686
00:23:59,919 --> 00:24:03,600
yeah somewhere between 3 000 and 3 500.

687
00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:05,919
on top of that are the staff and

688
00:24:05,919 --> 00:24:08,240
residents of long-term care facilities

689
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:09,600
since that's being handled through a

690
00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:11,360
different prong

691
00:24:11,360 --> 00:24:13,679
we don't have the numbers yet that we

692
00:24:13,679 --> 00:24:15,279
hope to be able to get out of the cvms

693
00:24:15,279 --> 00:24:17,200
system but as garen indicated

694
00:24:17,200 --> 00:24:18,640
there have been some challenges with

695
00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:20,559
that so thirty-five third

696
00:24:20,559 --> 00:24:21,919
somewhere between three thousand and

697
00:24:21,919 --> 00:24:23,760
thirty five hundred um through the

698
00:24:23,760 --> 00:24:25,919
health department and the hospital

699
00:24:25,919 --> 00:24:27,600
some amount of that on top of that with

700
00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:29,600
the long-term care facility staff and

701
00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:33,039
residents so probably if we sort of just

702
00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:34,960
estimate

703
00:24:34,960 --> 00:24:37,760
probably close to ten percent maybe

704
00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:39,440
eight to ten percent of haywood county

705
00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,799
has been vaccinated if we take those three

706
00:24:42,799 --> 00:24:44,799
thousand cases that's another five

707
00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:45,600
percent

708
00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:49,039
of people who've been infected so um

709
00:24:49,039 --> 00:24:50,880
if you also add in the fact that perhaps

710
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,799
there are people who didn't get tested

711
00:24:52,799 --> 00:24:53,679
when they got sick

712
00:24:53,679 --> 00:24:56,480
or had an asymptomatic infection uh you

713
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,080
know we're probably in the 10 to 15

714
00:24:58,080 --> 00:24:59,279
maybe 20 percent

715
00:24:59,279 --> 00:25:02,640
of the county has been exposed so that's

716
00:25:02,640 --> 00:25:03,200
good

717
00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,799
and as we continue to vaccinate that

718
00:25:04,799 --> 00:25:09,990
number obviously obviously goes up

719
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,600
that's the short and sweet of it i think

720
00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:13,120
when we were when i was last here at

721
00:25:13,120 --> 00:25:14,559
least with garen we said that we'd be

722
00:25:14,559 --> 00:25:16,720
coming back in mid-january and

723
00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,200
we'd see what would happen and i think

724
00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:20,799
unfortunately what was predicted is

725
00:25:20,799 --> 00:25:22,080
exactly what happened

726
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:24,400
we saw a spike after christmas it never

727
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:25,360
came down

728
00:25:25,360 --> 00:25:27,279
we see a spike after new year's

729
00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:29,279
hopefully it is starting to come down

730
00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:31,200
and that would be really great and as we

731
00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:32,400
vaccinate more that will

732
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,760
hopefully even out so that by summer

733
00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,400
perhaps fall we may be in a position in

734
00:25:38,400 --> 00:25:39,919
our community to uh

735
00:25:39,919 --> 00:25:41,200
to really be able to take a breath and

736
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:42,559
relax a little bit but i think it's that

737
00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:44,640
kind of a time frame still

738
00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,950
so happy to entertain any questions

739
00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,679
i was just curious how many cases of flu

740
00:25:51,679 --> 00:25:53,840
have we had

741
00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:55,279
there've been very little flu in north

742
00:25:55,279 --> 00:25:58,080
carolina and in fact in the country

743
00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,320
in the week that ended december 19th if

744
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,159
i can remember this correctly there were

745
00:26:02,159 --> 00:26:04,559
five thousand specimens submitted to the

746
00:26:04,559 --> 00:26:06,640
state lab for flu evaluation

747
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,320
there's a there's a surveillance network

748
00:26:08,320 --> 00:26:09,919
around the state of practices and

749
00:26:09,919 --> 00:26:11,360
hospitals that

750
00:26:11,360 --> 00:26:14,320
weekly submit data to the state and they

751
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:15,360
follow that

752
00:26:15,360 --> 00:26:18,080
out of those 5000 there was one positive

753
00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:18,720
flu case

754
00:26:18,720 --> 00:26:20,720
that was the week of that was the end of

755
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,720
the week of december 19th

756
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:24,799
the end of the week of i think january

757
00:26:24,799 --> 00:26:27,120
10th they had another 3 000 specimens

758
00:26:27,120 --> 00:26:29,360
and out of that i think there were three

759
00:26:29,360 --> 00:26:31,440
so this has been just you know it's just

760
00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:32,640
thank goodness not had

761
00:26:32,640 --> 00:26:35,679
any flu around yet flu tends to peak

762
00:26:35,679 --> 00:26:38,000
late january february so we'll see if

763
00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:40,320
that actually comes to pass

764
00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:41,520
the other thing that they're watching is

765
00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:43,600
that all the other respiratory viruses

766
00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:44,480
in the winter

767
00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:48,159
are all way down and uh

768
00:26:48,159 --> 00:26:50,559
in australia of course they're six

769
00:26:50,559 --> 00:26:52,320
months ahead of us right

770
00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:54,559
they um have really contained their

771
00:26:54,559 --> 00:26:56,960
covent they had a very very very light

772
00:26:56,960 --> 00:26:58,000
flu season

773
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:00,480
they had a very light respiratory virus

774
00:27:00,480 --> 00:27:01,520
season

775
00:27:01,520 --> 00:27:03,039
now that they're starting back into that

776
00:27:03,039 --> 00:27:04,640
again those are all coming back with a

777
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:05,360
vengeance

778
00:27:05,360 --> 00:27:07,760
so we may or may not have that to look

779
00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:09,200
forward to but that's all the way for

780
00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:12,159
next year we'll worry about next year next year let's get through

781
00:27:12,159 --> 00:27:14,320
this right now i just think it shows

782
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:15,120
that wearing a mask

783
00:27:15,120 --> 00:27:17,200
social discs and washing your hands is

784
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:18,799
it keeps the flu away too

785
00:27:18,799 --> 00:27:21,360
probably so yeah there's there's lots of

786
00:27:21,360 --> 00:27:23,039
conjecture about why this has happened

787
00:27:23,039 --> 00:27:25,679
but no doubt though this stuff works i

788
00:27:25,679 --> 00:27:27,919
think we know this works and i think

789
00:27:27,919 --> 00:27:29,600
if you just even again if you look at

790
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:31,279
the trends of the cases that we saw

791
00:27:31,279 --> 00:27:33,039
through christmas through new year's

792
00:27:33,039 --> 00:27:34,240
it's all the same thing that we've been

793
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,559
seeing all along you know gatherings

794
00:27:36,559 --> 00:27:38,960
somebody there pre-symptomatic people

795
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,880
not being as careful as they can be and

796
00:27:40,880 --> 00:27:42,080
lo and behold whammo

797
00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,960
and that's that just continues to be the

798
00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:46,480
case

799
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,840
i think it's really important that

800
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:50,559
people continue to be vigilant because

801
00:27:50,559 --> 00:27:52,159
like i said before if we keep the case

802
00:27:52,159 --> 00:27:52,960
counts down

803
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:54,960
the vaccine just to get speed gets to be

804
00:27:54,960 --> 00:27:56,720
even more effective

805
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:59,039
and when i say that we know the vaccine

806
00:27:59,039 --> 00:28:00,720
will protect individuals

807
00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:02,159
but to protect the community we need

808
00:28:02,159 --> 00:28:04,799
enough individuals

809
00:28:04,799 --> 00:28:06,640
and i think you know if we want to reach

810
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,559
our goal of once again being able to

811
00:28:08,559 --> 00:28:10,159
safely gather together

812
00:28:10,159 --> 00:28:12,480
it's going to take that community

813
00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:13,360
immunity

814
00:28:13,360 --> 00:28:15,919
to to really take hold so we're on our

815
00:28:15,919 --> 00:28:18,000
way that's the good news

816
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:19,520
just urge people to sort of stay the

817
00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:20,880
course and keep vigilant for now a

818
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,070
little bit longer

819
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:27,360
anything particularly um

820
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:30,480
so on the one that needs two shots

821
00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:32,159
if the people don't come back and get

822
00:28:32,159 --> 00:28:33,919
the second one other than just having a

823
00:28:33,919 --> 00:28:35,440
reduced amount of immunity

824
00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:37,360
is there any negative side effects to

825
00:28:37,360 --> 00:28:38,880
only having the one shot

826
00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:42,880
on the too short shot protocol yeah no negative effects it's just they're

827
00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:44,399
not going to be as protected as

828
00:28:44,399 --> 00:28:45,679
they would be otherwise i would imagine

829
00:28:45,679 --> 00:28:47,200
there'll be some that don't make it for

830
00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:48,240
the second trip

831
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:50,399
there may be um and we're running into

832
00:28:50,399 --> 00:28:51,679
the situation again of people who've

833
00:28:51,679 --> 00:28:53,039
been vaccinated got their first shot

834
00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:54,399
then they get sick when do they get

835
00:28:54,399 --> 00:28:55,600
their second shot

836
00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,840
and i think it bears noting that it

837
00:28:57,840 --> 00:28:58,640
although

838
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,559
you know the pfizer has to be second

839
00:29:00,559 --> 00:29:03,039
shot on 21 days of the modern or 28 or

840
00:29:03,039 --> 00:29:04,159
vice versa

841
00:29:04,159 --> 00:29:05,440
there's nothing written in stone that if

842
00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:08,080
it becomes day 29 or day 30 or day 35 it

843
00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:09,440
still works

844
00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,600
so we're trying to figure out how to

845
00:29:11,600 --> 00:29:13,520
manage those sorts of people

846
00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:14,880
but but the answer to your question is

847
00:29:14,880 --> 00:29:21,669
there's no real downside to it

848
00:29:21,679 --> 00:29:23,679
i noticed that santa's not here here

849
00:29:23,679 --> 00:29:25,279
tonight but

850
00:29:25,279 --> 00:29:30,149
hope santa's okay got their vaccine so

851
00:29:30,159 --> 00:29:31,840
thank you very much okay thank you

852
00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:36,230
appreciate it great job

853
00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,440
our next order of business is the

854
00:29:37,440 --> 00:29:39,760
consent agenda does anyone have any

855
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:44,630
questions on the consent agenda

856
00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,520
i was i'll be honest with you greg i was

857
00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,360
just curious can you

858
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:51,520
maybe tell us a little bit about the tax

859
00:29:51,520 --> 00:29:53,039
did you come up i was just

860
00:29:53,039 --> 00:29:57,120
i was reading your report and i know um

861
00:29:57,120 --> 00:30:00,960
it's is are the numbers coming in

862
00:30:00,960 --> 00:30:02,960
about like last year since it's you know

863
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:04,799
you since through january 6 would you

864
00:30:04,799 --> 00:30:07,120
have to know that

865
00:30:07,120 --> 00:30:11,279
sure um just a little information here

866
00:30:11,279 --> 00:30:15,000
you know we we finished december at

867
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,600
72.91 and

868
00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,360
last year we were at 76.24 so quite a

869
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:23,039
bit of difference there

870
00:30:23,039 --> 00:30:26,559
what we're finding is that the mail is

871
00:30:26,559 --> 00:30:29,440
30 days behind i mean we're getting

872
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:30,320
payments in

873
00:30:30,320 --> 00:30:33,120
today for example that have a november

874
00:30:33,120 --> 00:30:34,880
postmark

875
00:30:34,880 --> 00:30:39,840
you know 15 15 21 days out

876
00:30:39,840 --> 00:30:43,360
so last year we finished

877
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:48,559
this january at 92.29 percent

878
00:30:48,559 --> 00:30:52,960
as of today at five o'clock we're 90.25

879
00:30:52,960 --> 00:30:54,000
percent

880
00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,279
so we've we've made up some of that

881
00:30:57,279 --> 00:31:04,559
lost in december that first week of january uh for example we we just got

882
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:05,600
evergreen's

883
00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:09,279
tax payment in today was 1.3 million

884
00:31:09,279 --> 00:31:10,320
dollars

885
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:14,080
and it was postmarked december the 10th

886
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,720
so you know a lot of this is the post

887
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:17,440
offices

888
00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:20,559
is behind but as was

889
00:31:20,559 --> 00:31:23,600
right now we've collected 36 million 534

890
00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:24,480
dollars

891
00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,159
our our total was 4 40 million

892
00:31:28,159 --> 00:31:31,440
400 so we've got a remaining balance of

893
00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:33,600
about 3.9 million

894
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,519
i think with eight or nine days left

895
00:31:35,519 --> 00:31:36,640
here in

896
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:39,919
the month of january we should be

897
00:31:39,919 --> 00:31:42,159
right back to where our percentage was

898
00:31:42,159 --> 00:31:43,279
last year which

899
00:31:43,279 --> 00:31:45,360
actually was one of the best percentages

900
00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:46,799
ever

901
00:31:46,799 --> 00:31:49,120
in the in the county if you look at the

902
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:51,840
eight year average

903
00:31:51,840 --> 00:31:54,880
in in december for example the eight

904
00:31:54,880 --> 00:31:57,799
year average was like

905
00:31:57,799 --> 00:32:00,000
73.84 percent

906
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,440
we we finished 72.9 so we really

907
00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:05,440
as far as that eight year average we

908
00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,480
weren't that far off

909
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,320
we had the highest percentage collected

910
00:32:10,320 --> 00:32:12,080
in october this year we had the highest

911
00:32:12,080 --> 00:32:13,679
percentage in november

912
00:32:13,679 --> 00:32:16,559
it's just december i i just think the

913
00:32:16,559 --> 00:32:17,039
mail

914
00:32:17,039 --> 00:32:20,320
the up the post office is you know i

915
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,360
mean

916
00:32:21,360 --> 00:32:24,159
today we we did almost 1.5 million of

917
00:32:24,159 --> 00:32:24,880
course

918
00:32:24,880 --> 00:32:28,559
1.3 was evergreen but we'll take it

919
00:32:28,559 --> 00:32:31,200
so i feel strongly that you know even

920
00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:33,519
during this pandemic that

921
00:32:33,519 --> 00:32:36,559
there are people paying their taxes we

922
00:32:36,559 --> 00:32:38,240
haven't

923
00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:41,039
really used a lot of enforced

924
00:32:41,039 --> 00:32:42,080
collections at this

925
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:44,320
time we will be sending out the

926
00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:46,000
delinquent bills

927
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:49,679
next month in february so i feel better

928
00:32:49,679 --> 00:32:51,679
you know i was a little concerned at the

929
00:32:51,679 --> 00:32:53,519
end of december seeing about a three and

930
00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:55,279
a half four percent difference

931
00:32:55,279 --> 00:32:57,919
but that first this first 10 days of

932
00:32:57,919 --> 00:33:02,159
working days in january we've really made a difference so we're

933
00:33:02,159 --> 00:33:03,120
not that far

934
00:33:03,120 --> 00:33:06,480
off right okay um

935
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:08,960
yeah that's just the mail i mean yeah

936
00:33:08,960 --> 00:33:10,240
i've seen that low number and i thought

937
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:10,880
there was probably

938
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:12,480
a good explanation for it and it makes

939
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:14,480
sense i've noticed i've gotten some

940
00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,320
well packages especially because you

941
00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:17,919
know you know

942
00:33:17,919 --> 00:33:20,559
amazon prime isn't amazon prime anymore

943
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:21,200
so

944
00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:23,039
it's just you know it's just and then

945
00:33:23,039 --> 00:33:24,240
you've got

946
00:33:24,240 --> 00:33:25,919
you know everybody's mailing christmas

947
00:33:25,919 --> 00:33:27,679
cards and then christmas packages and i

948
00:33:27,679 --> 00:33:29,120
can see how that would be

949
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,679
so i mean it's 30 days sometimes i mean

950
00:33:31,679 --> 00:33:32,240
it

951
00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:36,080
so yeah but i'd be glad to answer any

952
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:36,960
other questions

953
00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:40,230
concerning

954
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:46,159
you know we hope that we can continue to have these high percentages and we're

955
00:33:46,159 --> 00:33:47,440
working with people

956
00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:49,200
i want to stress the importance of

957
00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,360
communication with the office

958
00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:53,919
i mean we we don't know that how you've

959
00:33:53,919 --> 00:33:56,000
been affected by covet or we don't know

960
00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:57,919
what your situation is

961
00:33:57,919 --> 00:33:59,840
without you communicating with our

962
00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:00,960
office

963
00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,200
and when you do that then we're able to

964
00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:04,240
work with you

965
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,200
or to try to put together a plan that is

966
00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:08,560
win-win for

967
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,320
the taxpayer as well as the county and

968
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:14,560
this you know we waited on people

969
00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:15,760
outside

970
00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,040
the front doors from march to september

971
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,200
and and now we're back to waiting on

972
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,280
them outside again

973
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:26,240
for the moment and one interesting uh

974
00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:29,200
point was you know we installed the

975
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,079
drop box outside we've had almost seven

976
00:34:32,079 --> 00:34:33,520
hundred thousand dollars

977
00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:36,720
dropped in that box instead of people

978
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:38,159
coming into our office

979
00:34:38,159 --> 00:34:41,520
so it was well worth i think the the

980
00:34:41,520 --> 00:34:44,720
expense that associated with that and

981
00:34:44,720 --> 00:34:47,200
people have

982
00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:49,440
really taken advantage of it you know we

983
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,040
didn't have any long lines

984
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,000
i mean we had one day of the hall being

985
00:34:54,000 --> 00:34:55,119
lined up

986
00:34:55,119 --> 00:34:57,119
other than that we we really haven't

987
00:34:57,119 --> 00:34:58,400
experienced

988
00:34:58,400 --> 00:35:02,000
a large wait time and so i think that's

989
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000
we're very fortunate there

990
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,560
but we we are waiting on people outside

991
00:35:06,560 --> 00:35:07,760
again and uh

992
00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:10,960
you know it's what it is do what you got

993
00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:12,160
to do

994
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:14,640
okay okay well thanks for that update

995
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:15,920
greg i appreciate it

996
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:19,119
thank you my pleasure does anybody have

997
00:35:19,119 --> 00:35:20,720
any other questions for the consent

998
00:35:20,720 --> 00:35:25,109
agenda

999
00:35:25,119 --> 00:35:26,880
okay i'll entertain the motion we

1000
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:30,800
approve the consent agenda has presented

1001
00:35:30,800 --> 00:35:33,680
is there a second second okay all those

1002
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:36,950
favorite indicators saying aye

1003
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:39,280
okay it's unanimous okay we'll move on

1004
00:35:39,280 --> 00:35:41,440
to our regular agenda

1005
00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:43,040
is the next order of business and number

1006
00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,119
one is to request approval to purchase

1007
00:35:45,119 --> 00:35:46,560
led lights

1008
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:48,400
from ced waynesville in the amount of

1009
00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:50,079
twenty one thousand eighty two dollars

1010
00:35:50,079 --> 00:35:52,160
to be paid from fiscal year 2021

1011
00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:53,440
budgeted funds

1012
00:35:53,440 --> 00:35:55,359
for the conversion of all lighting in

1013
00:35:55,359 --> 00:35:56,480
the justice center

1014
00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,920
we have our operations director chris

1015
00:35:57,920 --> 00:35:59,680
boyd here welcome chris

1016
00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,400
good evening chairman commissioners i am

1017
00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,079
here to request

1018
00:36:04,079 --> 00:36:07,440
as the chairman read 21 000

1019
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:10,320
and some change to replace all the four

1020
00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:11,760
asset structures

1021
00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,640
in the justice center with the led

1022
00:36:14,640 --> 00:36:16,079
structures

1023
00:36:16,079 --> 00:36:17,760
i'd like to to give you a little history

1024
00:36:17,760 --> 00:36:20,160
on on what we're doing there that shows

1025
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:21,839
the return on our investment

1026
00:36:21,839 --> 00:36:23,520
a couple of years ago we were fortunate

1027
00:36:23,520 --> 00:36:25,040
to get

1028
00:36:25,040 --> 00:36:27,440
some money granted to haywood county not

1029
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:28,320
through our budget

1030
00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:30,480
but through the department of

1031
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:31,920
environmental assistance which used to

1032
00:36:31,920 --> 00:36:34,079
be the state energy department

1033
00:36:34,079 --> 00:36:37,200
to do energy audits but they were able

1034
00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:39,119
to do two buildings for haywood county

1035
00:36:39,119 --> 00:36:40,880
we chose the justice center and the law

1036
00:36:40,880 --> 00:36:42,640
enforcement center

1037
00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:44,880
so in those two audits they looked at

1038
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:48,150
everything that was

1039
00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:50,480
energy usage in the facilities and in

1040
00:36:50,480 --> 00:36:51,440
both cases

1041
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,680
the number one recommendation for

1042
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:54,640
lowering

1043
00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:56,960
the energy usage was conversion to led

1044
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:58,960
lots

1045
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,800
so we we wanted to move forward with

1046
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:03,680
that last year's budget was a little bit

1047
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:04,480
different

1048
00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:06,560
wasn't able to to ask for those funds

1049
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,160
but this year we have

1050
00:37:08,160 --> 00:37:10,720
funds for the justice center and for the

1051
00:37:10,720 --> 00:37:12,640
law enforcement center

1052
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:14,160
you are not seeing the law enforcement

1053
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,320
center because that dollar amount does

1054
00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:17,920
not cross the 20 000

1055
00:37:17,920 --> 00:37:21,280
threshold so we submitted for that today

1056
00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,960
as well to the county manager for

1057
00:37:22,960 --> 00:37:24,560
approval

1058
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:27,200
so based on the energy audit we're

1059
00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:27,920
looking at

1060
00:37:27,920 --> 00:37:30,960
about fifteen hundred fixtures in the

1061
00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:32,079
justice center

1062
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:34,560
ninety thousand square foot facility so

1063
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:35,520
the the audit

1064
00:37:35,520 --> 00:37:39,040
projected we would save an annual or we

1065
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:40,800
would have an annual savings of fifteen

1066
00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,400
thousand dollars

1067
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,599
on our electric bill for this conversion

1068
00:37:45,599 --> 00:37:47,760
so based on that uh we're going to have

1069
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,359
a payback of about one and a half years

1070
00:37:49,359 --> 00:37:50,640
of this twenty one thousand dollar

1071
00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:52,240
investment

1072
00:37:52,240 --> 00:37:55,119
so just to to give you the same number

1073
00:37:55,119 --> 00:37:56,960
for the law enforcement center

1074
00:37:56,960 --> 00:37:59,200
uh the the cost there is only about

1075
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:00,960
eighty five hundred dollars

1076
00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:04,079
uh it's only fifty around 55 000 square

1077
00:38:04,079 --> 00:38:05,119
feet

1078
00:38:05,119 --> 00:38:08,160
it's served by duke energy so

1079
00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:11,280
we got a 6900 rebate from duke energy

1080
00:38:11,280 --> 00:38:12,480
for that facility

1081
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,560
so therefore it's only costing the 8

1082
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:16,720
500.

1083
00:38:16,720 --> 00:38:20,240
we will realize about

1084
00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:23,040
one year payback at that facility for

1085
00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:23,599
our

1086
00:38:23,599 --> 00:38:27,359
8 500 investment so as we continue to

1087
00:38:27,359 --> 00:38:28,720
move forward that's something that we

1088
00:38:28,720 --> 00:38:29,599
want to look at

1089
00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,560
to to try to save money in the county

1090
00:38:32,560 --> 00:38:33,440
budget

1091
00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:34,960
if we can move forward with these two

1092
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:36,720
and it's likely in next year's budget

1093
00:38:36,720 --> 00:38:37,280
we'll be

1094
00:38:37,280 --> 00:38:39,200
requesting the next largest facility we

1095
00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,880
have at hhsa

1096
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:46,400
for converging to led lots okay so you

1097
00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:47,200
might have any questions

1098
00:38:47,200 --> 00:38:48,880
i know that's a lot of numbers quickly

1099
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,560
and just a brief

1100
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,640
you know brief summary but uh questions

1101
00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:54,720
i'm happy to answer those

1102
00:38:54,720 --> 00:38:57,280
i'll just excellent payback good work

1103
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:58,160
there i mean

1104
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:00,240
anytime we can save that kind of money

1105
00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:01,760
it's well worth spending the money up

1106
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:02,560
front so

1107
00:39:02,560 --> 00:39:08,160
good job i know i personally at my business my air

1108
00:39:08,160 --> 00:39:09,520
lights have been up there fluorescent

1109
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:10,960
they've been up for 30 years and

1110
00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:13,520
last year i replaced them with leds all

1111
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:14,240
of them

1112
00:39:14,240 --> 00:39:17,119
and i could the lighting was better and

1113
00:39:17,119 --> 00:39:18,079
more uniform

1114
00:39:18,079 --> 00:39:20,079
and and i even noticed i noticed a

1115
00:39:20,079 --> 00:39:21,680
difference in my electric bill you know

1116
00:39:21,680 --> 00:39:22,800
when it came

1117
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:27,119
so it's it pays for itself for sure

1118
00:39:27,119 --> 00:39:28,560
the lighting certainly makes a

1119
00:39:28,560 --> 00:39:30,800
difference if you have an opportunity um

1120
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,200
go through our parking deck at night and

1121
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:36,320
see the difference that those led lights make there we just

1122
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,400
recently completed that project

1123
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:40,079
right yeah that's that's a great

1124
00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:41,680
innovation i know you were involved with

1125
00:39:41,680 --> 00:39:42,320
the

1126
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,079
led lighting in the arena down at the

1127
00:39:44,079 --> 00:39:46,000
fairgrounds and it just

1128
00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:47,520
it's just made such a huge difference

1129
00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:49,119
the lighting's better the the power

1130
00:39:49,119 --> 00:39:49,839
bills

1131
00:39:49,839 --> 00:39:52,800
much much less and it's just a win-win

1132
00:39:52,800 --> 00:39:56,720
not only that it helps the power company because you

1133
00:39:56,720 --> 00:39:58,079
know they don't have to generate as much

1134
00:39:58,079 --> 00:39:59,839
power to make those things burn

1135
00:39:59,839 --> 00:40:02,880
so it's a win win-win for everybody

1136
00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:05,440
when we try to replace any existing

1137
00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:07,280
fixture in any structure with

1138
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,560
led if there's a fixture problem for

1139
00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:13,599
you know 10 to 15 maybe 18

1140
00:40:13,599 --> 00:40:15,280
more in cost you can replace that

1141
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:16,720
fixture with led

1142
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:18,720
so we even though it's one at a time we

1143
00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:20,319
do that in each facility when we need to

1144
00:40:20,319 --> 00:40:23,510
replace the

1145
00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,280
right to fixture everything over do you

1146
00:40:25,280 --> 00:40:28,400
know what we're going to use

1147
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:31,040
in-house staff we have

1148
00:40:31,040 --> 00:40:32,960
as our interim facilities director tim

1149
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:34,880
sisk he's a licensed electrician

1150
00:40:34,880 --> 00:40:38,880
we have a couple of other folks that are

1151
00:40:38,880 --> 00:40:41,599
electrician knowledgeable and have been

1152
00:40:41,599 --> 00:40:42,960
able to help with this

1153
00:40:42,960 --> 00:40:45,440
we spent all at all converting the

1154
00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:48,079
parking deck probably

1155
00:40:48,079 --> 00:40:50,480
five whole days but we had to do it

1156
00:40:50,480 --> 00:40:51,520
intermittently and

1157
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:54,560
as we had time between work orders so

1158
00:40:54,560 --> 00:40:56,560
for this facility at 90 000 square foot

1159
00:40:56,560 --> 00:40:58,000
1500 fixtures

1160
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,920
don't be surprised if it takes us you

1161
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:02,480
know 30 45 days to get through that

1162
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:03,599
process

1163
00:41:03,599 --> 00:41:05,359
a few at a time we can't dedicate the

1164
00:41:05,359 --> 00:41:07,839
staff every single day

1165
00:41:07,839 --> 00:41:10,400
and the longevity on those lots is much

1166
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:13,599
different far longer than a fluorescent

1167
00:41:13,599 --> 00:41:16,960
yes the balls will last um

1168
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:19,040
at least twice as long and sometimes

1169
00:41:19,040 --> 00:41:27,430
more than that

1170
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:30,640
any other questions for chris i'll

1171
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:32,160
entertain a motion we approve

1172
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:34,640
item two of the regular agenda so moved

1173
00:41:34,640 --> 00:41:39,839
is there a second any other discussion all those in

1174
00:41:39,839 --> 00:41:40,240
favor

1175
00:41:40,240 --> 00:41:43,599
signify by saying aye you want to post

1176
00:41:43,599 --> 00:41:50,390
okay that's unanimous thank you chris

1177
00:41:50,400 --> 00:41:51,520
our next order of business is

1178
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:53,680
appointments

1179
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:54,960
i'll turn it over to brian go ahead

1180
00:41:54,960 --> 00:42:01,510
brian you can do did i miss one

1181
00:42:01,520 --> 00:42:05,920
i'm sorry i checked that on the why

1182
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,800
okay so okay item two is to request

1183
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:10,240
approval of the resolution of the

1184
00:42:10,240 --> 00:42:11,520
haywood county board of commissioners

1185
00:42:11,520 --> 00:42:13,040
authorizing the negotiation of an

1186
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:14,960
installment financing contract

1187
00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:16,960
not to exceed two million dollars in

1188
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:18,160
providing for certain

1189
00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,319
other related matters we have our

1190
00:42:20,319 --> 00:42:22,640
interim finance director kristen owen

1191
00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:24,000
sorry kristen didn't mean to jump over

1192
00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:26,319
you there that's okay

1193
00:42:26,319 --> 00:42:28,480
i wouldn't have mined it at all but

1194
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:29,359
anyway um

1195
00:42:29,359 --> 00:42:32,000
we have a quite lengthy resolution here

1196
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,160
and i'll just summarize it for you

1197
00:42:34,160 --> 00:42:36,400
it's to give author authorization to

1198
00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,480
bryant and myself to negotiate the

1199
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:40,480
installment contract

1200
00:42:40,480 --> 00:42:42,880
for the um school administration

1201
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:44,000
building

1202
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,160
and to submit application to the local

1203
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,920
government commission for approval they

1204
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:49,680
have to approve of any

1205
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,200
debt transactions also to retain special

1206
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:53,839
counsel

1207
00:42:53,839 --> 00:42:55,760
and financial advisor for this

1208
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:57,040
transaction

1209
00:42:57,040 --> 00:43:03,910
and to provide notice of public hearing

1210
00:43:03,920 --> 00:43:05,760
anybody have any any questions for

1211
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:11,750
christian kristin

1212
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:14,319
just to shine a light a little more on

1213
00:43:14,319 --> 00:43:15,760
the public hearing that will be at the

1214
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,680
february first meeting

1215
00:43:17,680 --> 00:43:19,920
uh we we did a slight rule change a

1216
00:43:19,920 --> 00:43:21,599
couple of months ago to where

1217
00:43:21,599 --> 00:43:23,040
you don't have to vote for call to

1218
00:43:23,040 --> 00:43:25,280
public hearing we're still following the

1219
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:26,240
same timeline

1220
00:43:26,240 --> 00:43:28,640
for for this item uh it will be in the

1221
00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:29,440
mountaineer

1222
00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:32,079
tomorrow uh and we'll have it at the

1223
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:32,880
meeting on

1224
00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:34,560
february first at the nine o'clock

1225
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,880
meeting okay

1226
00:43:36,880 --> 00:43:38,480
and this way it speeds it up so we're

1227
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,000
not holding up projects

1228
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:41,599
especially projects that are time

1229
00:43:41,599 --> 00:43:44,880
sensitive which most of them are

1230
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:49,030
is any other questions about it

1231
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:52,069
pretty routine

1232
00:43:52,079 --> 00:43:54,000
i'll entertain a motion we approve uh

1233
00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:55,599
number item number two of the regular

1234
00:43:55,599 --> 00:43:57,040
agenda

1235
00:43:57,040 --> 00:44:03,680
so moved their second any other discussion at all

1236
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:06,160
okay all those in favor indicate by

1237
00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:08,720
saying aye okay

1238
00:44:08,720 --> 00:44:12,400
unanimous thank you christian kristen

1239
00:44:12,400 --> 00:44:14,880
okay now brian you can go sorry this is

1240
00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:16,640
under appointments and uh the first one

1241
00:44:16,640 --> 00:44:17,920
is to request approval and appointment

1242
00:44:17,920 --> 00:44:19,200
of james rogers

1243
00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,160
to the clyde planning board thank you mr

1244
00:44:22,160 --> 00:44:22,720
chairman

1245
00:44:22,720 --> 00:44:25,920
we have an email from joy garland at

1246
00:44:25,920 --> 00:44:29,599
clyde the town board of aldermen are

1247
00:44:29,599 --> 00:44:30,960
requesting an appointment of

1248
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:32,960
james rogers to the planning board he'd

1249
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:34,800
previously served as an alternative to

1250
00:44:34,800 --> 00:44:35,599
the board

1251
00:44:35,599 --> 00:44:38,640
this is for a full member

1252
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:43,270
appointment

1253
00:44:43,280 --> 00:44:45,599
i'll entertain a motion we approve we

1254
00:44:45,599 --> 00:44:47,200
need to approve these separately right

1255
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,680
okay i'll entertain the motion that we

1256
00:44:49,680 --> 00:44:51,680
approve james rogers to the clyde

1257
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:54,880
uh planning board etj so moved is there

1258
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,710
a second

1259
00:44:58,720 --> 00:45:01,359
there was a second okay okay all those

1260
00:45:01,359 --> 00:45:06,710
in favor signify by saying aye okay

1261
00:45:06,720 --> 00:45:09,839
the next one is appointment of myself to

1262
00:45:09,839 --> 00:45:11,599
the haywood healthcare foundation board

1263
00:45:11,599 --> 00:45:12,800
of trustees

1264
00:45:12,800 --> 00:45:15,520
and to the investment committee pursuant

1265
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:17,440
to section 6b of the restricted fund

1266
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,200
management services agreement

1267
00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:20,880
also as a reappointment of of

1268
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:25,680
commissioner kirkpatrick to the foundation board of trustees

1269
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,520
my appointment's necessary because of

1270
00:45:27,520 --> 00:45:29,599
the seat vacated by julie davis

1271
00:45:29,599 --> 00:45:32,160
when she retired and we're reappointing

1272
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,079
kirk grant

1273
00:45:34,079 --> 00:45:36,319
she she's going to stay on the board in

1274
00:45:36,319 --> 00:45:39,920
a different capacity but not in this seat that she previously

1275
00:45:39,920 --> 00:45:43,990
occupied

1276
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:48,000
and we're also reappointing kirk okay

1277
00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,720
anybody have any questions on that kirk

1278
00:45:50,720 --> 00:45:52,480
you want to do it

1279
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:55,680
yeah i'll do that okay

1280
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,119
hurt kind of shepherd us through these

1281
00:45:57,119 --> 00:45:59,200
hospital things

1282
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:03,589
he's very familiar with all that

1283
00:46:03,599 --> 00:46:05,920
i'll entertain a motion we approve item

1284
00:46:05,920 --> 00:46:08,950
two of appointments

1285
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:12,069
these are second

1286
00:46:12,079 --> 00:46:15,440
okay any other discussion

1287
00:46:15,440 --> 00:46:16,960
all those in favor indicate by saying

1288
00:46:16,960 --> 00:46:19,839
aye aye okay anyone opposed

1289
00:46:19,839 --> 00:46:21,920
case unanimous and then number three of

1290
00:46:21,920 --> 00:46:22,960
appointments

1291
00:46:22,960 --> 00:46:26,319
brian the the next is appointment

1292
00:46:26,319 --> 00:46:29,280
of john denton to the center pigeon fire

1293
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:31,040
department to the firefighter relief

1294
00:46:31,040 --> 00:46:32,160
fund

1295
00:46:32,160 --> 00:46:35,119
he'll be taking a position formerly held

1296
00:46:35,119 --> 00:46:36,480
by cody parton

1297
00:46:36,480 --> 00:46:39,200
cody has resigned that position with

1298
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:42,480
center pigeon so this will be a

1299
00:46:42,480 --> 00:46:45,510
mr denton's

1300
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:47,839
spot he currently serves as the deputy

1301
00:46:47,839 --> 00:46:49,280
fire chief of the department

1302
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:52,800
okay case anybody have any questions on

1303
00:46:52,800 --> 00:46:53,920
that

1304
00:46:53,920 --> 00:46:55,920
i'll entertain a motion we approve item

1305
00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:59,829
three of appointments

1306
00:46:59,839 --> 00:47:02,319
some move second okay all in favor

1307
00:47:02,319 --> 00:47:04,560
indicate by saying aye

1308
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:11,200
okay anyone opposed okay then number four brian go ahead uh

1309
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,680
the next is is a little bit of

1310
00:47:13,680 --> 00:47:14,960
reorganization

1311
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:16,640
from the smoky mountain event center to

1312
00:47:16,640 --> 00:47:18,160
have staggered terms

1313
00:47:18,160 --> 00:47:20,079
so the first is an appointment of two

1314
00:47:20,079 --> 00:47:23,200
people vanessa james and patricia blake

1315
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:26,720
those are for three-year terms miss

1316
00:47:26,720 --> 00:47:30,079
james actually works in the craft world

1317
00:47:30,079 --> 00:47:31,440
she enjoys

1318
00:47:31,440 --> 00:47:32,880
being able to organize events and

1319
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:35,119
showcase local artists

1320
00:47:35,119 --> 00:47:37,359
she thinks that tourism is priority but

1321
00:47:37,359 --> 00:47:38,880
would also like to have things for

1322
00:47:38,880 --> 00:47:42,000
the residents here miss blake

1323
00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:43,920
has served the community for over 35

1324
00:47:43,920 --> 00:47:45,920
years with a family-owned food truck

1325
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:48,960
she's familiar with the fairgrounds and

1326
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:50,839
wants to help continue it to be

1327
00:47:50,839 --> 00:47:52,480
successful the

1328
00:47:52,480 --> 00:47:55,119
reappointment of jonathan jackson and

1329
00:47:55,119 --> 00:47:56,079
vicki reese

1330
00:47:56,079 --> 00:47:59,200
are for two-year terms those are simply

1331
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:00,559
to have those stagger terms that i

1332
00:48:00,559 --> 00:48:02,880
mentioned and then edward bryant and

1333
00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:04,960
benjamin wilder are one-year terms and

1334
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:06,800
those are reappointments

1335
00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,440
okay and uh tommy you're on that board

1336
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:10,319
is this was this

1337
00:48:10,319 --> 00:48:12,960
the board's recommendation yes this was

1338
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:14,720
just to do some housekeeping to get our

1339
00:48:14,720 --> 00:48:15,040
uh

1340
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:17,520
continuity back in our board staggers

1341
00:48:17,520 --> 00:48:19,920
they were all going to come to you at

1342
00:48:19,920 --> 00:48:21,920
the same time so we we finally we've

1343
00:48:21,920 --> 00:48:25,119
worked hard to get there and keep that continuity so

1344
00:48:25,119 --> 00:48:28,480
yes that's what we were trying to achieve

1345
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,160
okay i appreciate you doing i remember i

1346
00:48:30,160 --> 00:48:32,000
tried to do that one time and i i i

1347
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:33,119
didn't succeed

1348
00:48:33,119 --> 00:48:37,760
so thank you and i will make a motion and we approve

1349
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:39,359
those okay

1350
00:48:39,359 --> 00:48:42,400
is there a second second okay

1351
00:48:42,400 --> 00:48:45,599
all in favor say aye okay

1352
00:48:45,599 --> 00:48:47,200
and that we can do that for all three

1353
00:48:47,200 --> 00:48:48,800
right

1354
00:48:48,800 --> 00:48:56,309
sixth commissioner

1355
00:48:56,319 --> 00:48:59,680
tell she's patting her food over there

1356
00:48:59,680 --> 00:49:03,440
okay we don't have a closed session

1357
00:49:03,440 --> 00:49:08,400
she need to come up and say thank you need to come up and say anything

1358
00:49:08,400 --> 00:49:12,800
[Laughter]

1359
00:49:12,800 --> 00:49:15,680
mr chairman before we digress too far i

1360
00:49:15,680 --> 00:49:17,119
want to make a comment about the consent

1361
00:49:17,119 --> 00:49:18,240
agenda

1362
00:49:18,240 --> 00:49:19,520
i don't know if how many of you noticed

1363
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:21,839
this but uh item number five on the

1364
00:49:21,839 --> 00:49:23,200
consent agenda

1365
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:25,520
i guess dole teague really worked he saw

1366
00:49:25,520 --> 00:49:26,400
that grant

1367
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,160
available from arnold schwarzenegger

1368
00:49:28,160 --> 00:49:30,000
yeah and there is a letter from arnold

1369
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:31,839
schwarzenegger included in our packet

1370
00:49:31,839 --> 00:49:32,240
from

1371
00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:33,520
university southern california

1372
00:49:33,520 --> 00:49:35,680
schwarzenegger institute

1373
00:49:35,680 --> 00:49:38,880
and it's a very interesting letter

1374
00:49:38,880 --> 00:49:40,640
his first paragraph said the united

1375
00:49:40,640 --> 00:49:42,480
states gave me everything i have

1376
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:45,119
and i believe it's my duty to pay the

1377
00:49:45,119 --> 00:49:46,960
kindness of this country every day of my

1378
00:49:46,960 --> 00:49:48,079
life

1379
00:49:48,079 --> 00:49:49,920
everything i achieved my bodybuilding

1380
00:49:49,920 --> 00:49:52,160
success my movie roles my investments my

1381
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:53,920
governorship my family would have been

1382
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:55,119
impossible

1383
00:49:55,119 --> 00:49:57,839
anywhere but america and there's about

1384
00:49:57,839 --> 00:49:59,520
four or five paragraphs that continues

1385
00:49:59,520 --> 00:50:01,280
with the same theme so

1386
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,559
he don't take saw this he made that

1387
00:50:04,559 --> 00:50:05,680
offer his

1388
00:50:05,680 --> 00:50:08,079
personal foundation money and there were

1389
00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:09,839
several counties across the nation

1390
00:50:09,839 --> 00:50:13,839
uh put in for this and doyle

1391
00:50:13,839 --> 00:50:15,680
is to be commended for going after those

1392
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,359
funds and it's going to help

1393
00:50:17,359 --> 00:50:20,079
fund 11 poll workers uh for our

1394
00:50:20,079 --> 00:50:21,680
elections so uh

1395
00:50:21,680 --> 00:50:24,079
my hat's off to dolteag for for pursuing

1396
00:50:24,079 --> 00:50:26,160
that in robbie enwan and also mr

1397
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:27,119
schwarzenegger

1398
00:50:27,119 --> 00:50:30,640
so yeah and i do i would do

1399
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,480
i appreciate you pointing that out tommy

1400
00:50:32,480 --> 00:50:34,640
doyle had emailed me or texted me last

1401
00:50:34,640 --> 00:50:35,760
night

1402
00:50:35,760 --> 00:50:37,200
you know making sure that i understood

1403
00:50:37,200 --> 00:50:38,800
everything and i thanked him for what he

1404
00:50:38,800 --> 00:50:40,000
had done to look out for

1405
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,000
the county to get the grant you know i

1406
00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:44,000
mean those grants are out there and

1407
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you know that this is something a county

1408
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employee that works in the department

1409
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:48,559
that department elections

1410
00:50:48,559 --> 00:50:50,319
that saw it and went after it so we

1411
00:50:50,319 --> 00:50:51,839
appreciate that

1412
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and the the election this past election

1413
00:50:55,200 --> 00:50:56,640
was one of the hardest for i guess

1414
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:58,880
election workers to work in with covid

1415
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:00,160
and then everything else that's been

1416
00:51:00,160 --> 00:51:02,559
going on so we appreciate the our

1417
00:51:02,559 --> 00:51:04,000
election board

1418
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staying on top of things and and looking

1419
00:51:05,920 --> 00:51:08,240
for ways to help her community so

1420
00:51:08,240 --> 00:51:10,319
i appreciate you pointing that out does

1421
00:51:10,319 --> 00:51:12,319
anybody else have anything else

1422
00:51:12,319 --> 00:51:15,359
tonight there's no closed session so

1423
00:51:15,359 --> 00:51:19,040
i'll entertain a motion that we adjourn

1424
00:51:19,040 --> 00:51:22,000
second attack okay y'all in favor say

1425
00:51:22,000 --> 00:51:23,280
aye

1426
00:51:23,280 --> 00:51:25,200
okay we're adjourned and i hope everyone

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stays safe thank you